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<td class="v">8:1</td>
<td>And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.</td>
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<td class="v">8:2</td>
<td>Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.</td>
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<td class="v">8:3</td>
<td>And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.</td>
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<td class="v">8:4</td>
<td>Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,</td>
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<td class="v">8:5</td>
<td>And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.</td>
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<td class="v">8:6</td>
<td>But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.</td>
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<td class="v">8:7</td>
<td>And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.</td>
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<td class="v">8:8</td>
<td>According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.</td>
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<td class="v">8:9</td>
<td>Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.</td>
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<td class="v">8:10</td>
<td>And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.</td>
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<td class="v">8:11</td>
<td>And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.</td>
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<td class="v">8:12</td>
<td>And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.</td>
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<td class="v">8:13</td>
<td>And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.</td>
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<td class="v">8:14</td>
<td>And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.</td>
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<td class="v">8:15</td>
<td>And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.</td>
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<td class="v">8:16</td>
<td>And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.</td>
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<td class="v">8:17</td>
<td>He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.</td>
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<td class="v">8:18</td>
<td>And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.</td>
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<td class="v">8:19</td>
<td>Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;</td>
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<td class="v">8:20</td>
<td>That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.</td>
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<td class="v">8:21</td>
<td>And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.</td>
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<td class="v">8:22</td>
<td>And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.</td>
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